The disconcerting thing about this pandemic is behavior that we can’t control. Moron behavior.

You could be sitting at home right now, playing it safe, taking this seriously, and doing your part in helping society get through a difficult time. Then you get jabronies who come in and ruin it for everybody else, because they’re selfish and immature.

Via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Police in Luzerne County are looking to pursue charges against a woman who intentionally coughed on $35,000 worth of food at Gerrity’s Supermarket on Wednesday.

The eastern Pennsylvania grocery store chain announced the incident on its Facebook page and said it was forced to throw out thousands of dollars worth of produce, meat, bakery items and groceries after a woman known to be a “chronic problem in the community” came in and purposely coughed all over the food.

Joe Fasula, co-owner of Gerrity’s Supermarket, called it a “twisted prank” — presumably to scare shoppers during the coronavirus outbreak — and said that local police were contacted immediately after associates removed the woman from the store. Mr. Fasula said the store had not yet quantified the total loss, but estimated the value of the tossed food to be well over $35,000.

Here’s another tidbit from Fasula, via the Facebook post:

Our incredible team did the best they could to get the woman out of the store as fast as possible. The police were contacted immediately and the case has been escalated to the District Attorney’s Office. They have assured me that they will be aggressively pursuing numerous charges. In addition, while we do not believe the woman is truly infected, they will make every effort to see that she is tested.

What is appropriate punishment for this woman? Jail? 100,000 hours of community service? Should she be forced to rewatch the 2015 Phillies season in its entirety?

Here’s a suggestion via Ron on Facebook:

“I present the motion of having each member of the community cough on her”

Good idea. It’s an ‘eye for an eye, a cough for a cough.’ King Hammurabi would approve.

Here are some more photos that Fasula posted online:

What a waste.